Improving the Quality of Preservice Education for Health Service Providers in Nigeria

Publish Date: April 2019 Author: MCSP

MCSP worked with and implemented interventions in 14 accredited pre-service education (PSE) institutions, which included four nursing schools, four midwifery schools, an undergraduate nursing training program, an undergraduate medical training program and the community health departments of four health technology colleges/schools where community health extension workers (CHEWs) are trained. For each PSE institution and its practicum site(s), MCSP strengthened the capacity of the lecturers, tutors, clinical instructors and preceptors to teach and create effective learning experiences for educators and students.

About MCSP

The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) was a global, USAID Cooperative Agreement to introduce and support high-impact health interventions with a focus on 25 high-priority countries with the ultimate goal of preventing child and maternal deaths.